What Were the Longest-Running Number One Country Hits of the 80s?
What Were the Longest-Running Number One Country Hits of the ’80s?Unlike some of Billboard’s other niche categories, the ’80s country music charts displayed a remarkably egalitarian record when it comes to the duration of its number one hits. In fact, only four songs enjoyed as many as three weeks atop the chart, in contrast to the multiple-week high marks of most other singles charts. More than two dozen songs more spent two weeks at number one, while the remaining tunes had only single weeks of chart supremacy. Here’s a detailed look at the four singles that stake a statistical claim to country’s biggest hits of the ’80s.Answer: Three of the songs on this exclusive list probably come as little surprise to country music fans, as they are highly recognizable, beloved hits of the era. At the same time, the fourth tune’s title might not even ring much of a bell. Let’s start with the very beginning of the d
